SCRUM Master - RBD

Company: Reyes Beer Division
Location: Des Plaines
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Position Summary: The Scrum Master will work within the Business Intelligence Team as an influential leader and change agent. This person will guide the team and organization in effectively employing Agile/Scrum practices and principles to create value and increase customer and stakeholder satisfaction. This role will assess the Scrum maturity of the department and organize and coach the team to higher levels of maturity. Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project.
• Organize and facilitate sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events
• Partner with the product owner, agile coaches, scrum teams on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition, facilitates the definition of minimal viable product, and leads continuous refinement and prioritization of the product backlog.
• Demonstrate professionalism as a business and change leader, serving as a role model for others in the organization.
• Manage relationships and communicate openly and frequently with leadership, operational teams, and project stakeholders.
• Provide fiduciary oversight of programs and sustaining investments/costs to deliver business financial objectives.
• Initiates and facilitates project kick-off and inception activities.
• Coaches and mentors Scrum Teams to encourage consistent, core best practices across the teams.
• Manages dependencies and communication between the Scrum Teams and other teams (both Business and IT) w/in the organization.
• Remains abreast of, learns and applies knowledge in new tools, techniques, and methodologies from teams and Agile community.
• Run projects in the Scrum and Kanban methodologies, with multiple outside dependencies and remote project team members.
• Facilitates discussions that lead to the resolution of project issues and development impediments.
• Properly manages shared resources across multiple projects.
• Ensures Scrum Teams follows standards, creates/maintains all necessary project artifacts including proper training and user documentation.
• Promote teamwork and foster an environment of collaboration and open communication.
• Other projects or duties as assigned.Required Skills and Experience:
  • Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Information Technology.
  • 4+ years of IT Project Management experience.
  • 2+ years acting as a ScrumMaster.
  • ScrumMaster certification (CSM).
  • 2+ years' experience working with outsource partners.
  • Has the desire to continuously learn new tools, techniques, and methodologies from teams and Agile community.
  • Understands continuous integration and deployment and has the ability to run projects in the Scrum and Kanban methodologies, with multiple outside dependencies and remote project team members.
  • Strong communication and negotiating skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate. technical subjects to non-technical audiences.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office.
  • This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test. Preferred Skills and Experience:
    • Logistics/Supply Chain Data management experience.
    • Process orientated experience/certifications - e.g., Six Sigma, ITIL.
    • High degree of initiative, purpose, and enthusiasm.
    • Understanding of BI/DW tools and concepts (knowledge of Snowflake, Power BI, SSIS, Cognos). Physical Demands and Work Environment: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions. Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Reyes Holdings companies will recruit and select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications. Our Practices and Procedures, including those relating to wages, benefits, transfers, promotions, terminations and self-development opportunities, will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status and all other classes protected by the Federal and State Government. Drug Free Employer.

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